(abstract from the book ‘The Greek community in Mozambique’)
Because of the significant trade that was handled by the ports of Beira and Lourenço Marques in Mozambique, a few Greeks worked as ship chandlers serving also the Greek merchants that were located in Rhodesia and the Nyasaland.
In Beira, two of the most important agencies were that of Theodoros Spinarolis and Pantelis Sanianos (Marperita).
In Lourenço Marques, there were many shipping agencies such as the ‘Agência Apollon Empresa Nacional de Comercialização Sarl – Enacomo’ of Christos Kliaris and Panagiotis Melandinos, the ‘Fornecedora de Navios Limitada – Atlas’ of Elias Hatzis, John Antonopoulos, John Giannouris, Anthony Michaletos, John Michaletos. One of the most important agencies was the ‘Lojas Francas de Moçambique EE – Interfranca’ of Nikolaos Kasimatis. Finally, it was the ‘Sociedade Fornecedora de Navios Limitada-Neptuno’, which was the result of the collaboration of Nikolaos Kasimatis, Michael Perantonakis, the company ‘Apollon’ and the company ‘Aeromar’.
